FOR PRESS: P. M. No, 1+ g0! 1962~._
PREMIERS' CONFERENCE
Statement by the Prime Minister. the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies.
It should be understood that todayts meeting with
the Premiers was recognised by all of us as a preliminary meetings
We will assemble again on June 1st to arrive at definite
conclusions about the agreement which is to succeed the last one
made in 1959 to regulate the financial assistance arrangements
which have operated since that time.
Today's meeting was, therefore, exploratory. The

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PRIVATE SIMPSON'S WAR RELICS
Statement by the Prime % inister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies. L
The war relics of Private John Simpson Kirkpatrick
" The Man with the Donkey" have been presented to the Australian
War Museum. They are the gift of' his sister, Mrs. Annie Simpson
Pearson of Brightlingsea, Essex, who has said that they should
remain the property of her late brother's beloved Australia*
They comprise Private Simpson's identity disc, his
service medals and ribbons, his Oak Leaf and scroll for his

FOR PR~ ESS STATh'EENT BY THlE -PRD~ E MISTER
VISIT TO CANBERRA BY MRii. CABOTI LODGE
I have had with my senior Ministerial colleagues very
valuable discussions this afternoon on the subject of Vietnam
with the United States Special Ambassador, Mr. Cabot Lodge.
Mr. Lodge is visiting Canberra at the instance of the
President of the United States, and has brought with him the
views of the President and the Administration; to these he
has added his own detailed and first-hand knowledge of the
siturition in Vietnam. As part of the exchange of views

V I E TN A M
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER,
THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENIES, and
THE RT. REV. J. S. MOYES, C. M. G.,
AND CERTAIN ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS

CONTENTS Page
1. Bishops' letter
12th March, 1965
2. Prime Minister's Reply
24th March, 1965
3. Bishops' Letter
9th April, 1965
4. Prime Minister's Reply
April, 1965
PRIME MINISTER'S DEPARTMENT.
CANBERRA. APRIL. 1965 1 2
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1965 CORAL SEA CELEBRATIONS
Statement by the Prime Minister. the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies.
General Dean C. Strother, the Commander-in-Chief of the
North American Air Defence Command, is to be the Coral Sea
Guest of Honour for the 1965 celebrations which begin in Sydney
on Monday, the 3rd May.
General Strother replaces General Hunter Harris, Jnr.,
Commander-ln-Chief of the Pacific Airforce, who had been
previously nominated to take part in this year's celebrations

OPENING OF THE A. P. I. AA ITA IAN/ AUSTRALIAN 65/ 0
S PORTS ASSOCIATION) CLUB
LEICHHARDT, N. S. W. 14TH APRIL,, 196~
Speech by the Prime, Minister? the Rt, Hon. Sir Robejpt Menzies
Mr, Chairman, Your Excellencies and Iedies and Gentlemen
I must say that having looked at this magnificent
room which is the only part of the enterprise that I have yet
looked at, I think all the newspapermen ought to be compelled
to come here to have a look at it and then when, in due course,
we build a modest new Parliament House at Canberra, they will

FEDERAL COUNCIL OF THE LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA
HELD AT HOTEL CANBERRA. CANBERRA 12TH APRIL, 1965
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
We are twenty-one today and we have the key of the
door. That's something we ought to remember, politically.
We have indeed been either fortunate or wise, or a-mixture of
both because one of the outstanding things about this party,
twenty-one years old, is that it has secured the support in
Australia, I am quite convinced, of the young and ardent who are

SIR J0H19 MONASH CENTENARY
HELD AT I4ONASH STATUE, LNLITHGOJ AENU,
MELBOURNE 11TH APRIL, 1i96k5
Speech bZ the Prime Minipter, the Rt. Hogkbet enz es
Sir, Mrs, Bennett and Ladies and Gentlemen,
Itts a great, though I fear an undeserved, honour
for me to be allowed to speak to you today about one of the very
greatest men of our time. The Chairman has said kind things
about me. He might have multiplied them four times and still
have understated the case for Sir John Monash.
It was my good fortune to know Sir John Monash in

ANNUAL MEETING OF CONVOCATION OF UNIVERSITY OF
1" iELIBOURNE MELBOURNE 9TH APRIL, 1965
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies,
Mr. Warden, Mr. Chancellor and Ladies and Gentlemen t
I have one or two grievances that I will expose to
you in a moment but before I do i want to tell you that I have had
two singularly happy experiences here on this platform tonight.
The first was that the Registrar, the successor of the famous
J* P* Bainbridge who was Registrar in my time, held up a massive

FOR PRESS P M. No. 37/ 1965
VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND BY MR. FAIRBAIRN, DFC, MP
Statement by the Prime Minter the Rt. Hon. Sj. lRobert Menzies
The Minister for National Development, the Hon.
D. E. Fairbairn, DFC, MP, will participate in the Anzac Day
commemoration in Wellington, New Zealand, at the invitation
of the New Zealand Government.
The ceremonies will commemorate the fiftieth
anniversary of the Gallipoli landing.
Mr. Fairbairn, who was elected to the Parliament
in 1949 and joined the Ministry in 1962, served as a pilot